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Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925
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Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925

by Balsamo, William and John

Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the “untouchable” Chicago gangster best kn...More

Publish: March 1, 2011

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Young Al Capone: The Untold Story of Scarface in New York, 1899-1925

by Balsamo, William and John

Writing the Gettysburg Address
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Writing the Gettysburg Address

by Johnson, Martin P

Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation&#8217...More

Publish: December 2013

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Writing the Gettysburg Address

by Johnson, Martin P

Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I

by Mayhew, Emily

The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military w...More

Publish: November 12, 2013

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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I

by Mayhew, Emily

Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
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Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace

by Panetta, Leon and Newton, Steve

The inspiring and revelatory autobiography of the defense secretary and CIA director who led the int...More

Publish: October 7, 2014

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Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace

by Panetta, Leon and Newton, Steve

Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives Under the Nazis
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Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives Under the Nazis

by Stargardt, Nicholas

Children were at the center of the Nazi ideology; now we have their history of those years. In this ...More

Publish: January 9, 2007

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Witnesses of War: Children’s Lives Under the Nazis

by Stargardt, Nicholas

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

by Sledge, E B

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed “one of the finest memoirs to...More

Publish: October 25, 1990

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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

by Sledge, E B

William Henry Harrison
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William Henry Harrison

by Collins, Gail

The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election cam...More

Publish: January 17, 2012

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William Henry Harrison

by Collins, Gail

Where the Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home
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Where the Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home

by Levy, Philip

In 2002, Philip Levy arrived on the banks of Rappahannock River in Virginia to begin an archeologica...More

Publish: February 12, 2013

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Where the Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home

by Levy, Philip

Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival
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Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival

by Kearns, David A

At the tail end of 1946, the United States navy sent an expedition into the stark cold of Antarctica...More

Publish: November 1, 2005

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Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival

by Kearns, David A

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail
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When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author ...More

Publish: September 10, 2012 by

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When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

by Dolin, Eric Jay

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
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What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

by Butcher, Barbara

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at the ...More

Publish: June 20, 2023

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What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

by Butcher, Barbara

What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

by Balcombe, Jonathan

Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who pe...More

Publish: June 7, 2016

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What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

by Balcombe, Jonathan

Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

by Bernstein, Peter L

The building of the Erie Canal, like the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal, i...More

Publish: January 1, 2005

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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

by Bernstein, Peter L

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Moore, Harold G, Lt Gen and Galloway, Joseph L

In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal ...More

Publish: April 16, 2002

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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam

by Moore, Harold G, Lt Gen and Galloway, Joseph L

Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

by Standiford, Les

The author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever crea...More

Publish: March 31. 2015

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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles

by Standiford, Les

Walking Point: From the Ashes of the Vietnam War
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Walking Point: From the Ashes of the Vietnam War

by Ulander, Perry A

In this intimate memoir, Perry A. Ulander chronicles with powerful clarity the bewildering predicame...More

Publish: May 20, 2016

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Walking Point: From the Ashes of the Vietnam War

by Ulander, Perry A

Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
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Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II

by Makos, Adam

These are the stories from fifteen WWII Marines, compiled by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton but le...More

Publish: April 2, 2013

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Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II

by Makos, Adam

Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat
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Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat

by Hampton, Dan

151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface-to-air-missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses wit...More

Publish: October 2, 2012

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Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat

by Hampton, Dan

Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa
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Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa

by Neff, James

From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers ...More

Publish: July 7, 2015

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Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa

by Neff, James

Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
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Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

by Hylton, Wil S

In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands...More

Publish: November 5, 2013

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Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II

by Hylton, Wil S

Valor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man’s Defiance and Indomitable Spirit
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Valor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man’s Defiance and Indomitable Spirit

by Hampton, Dan

Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines a...More

Publish: May 3, 2022

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Valor: The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man’s Defiance and Indomitable Spirit

by Hampton, Dan

Valley Forge
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Valley Forge

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is and Lucky 666 return wi...More

Publish: October 2, 2018

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Valley Forge

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend

Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend

by Greene, Joshua M

Unstoppable is the ultimate immigrant story and an epic David-and-Goliath adventure. While American ...More

Publish: April 6, 2021

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Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig’s Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend

by Greene, Joshua M

Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett

Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett

by Sullivan, James

“A reflection on the nature of storytelling itself” (The Wall Street Journal), Unsinkable traces...More

Publish: December 8, 2020

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Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett

by Sullivan, James

Under the Wire: The Bestselling Memoir of an American Spitfire Pilot and Legendary POW Escaper
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Under the Wire: The Bestselling Memoir of an American Spitfire Pilot and Legendary POW Escaper

by Ash, William and Foley, Brendan

An enthralling memoir of WWII adventure: fighter pilot, fugitive in Paris, Gestapo prisoner, and ult...More

Publish: November 29, 2012

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Under the Wire: The Bestselling Memoir of an American Spitfire Pilot and Legendary POW Escaper

by Ash, William and Foley, Brendan

Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

by Brown, Daniel James

On September 1, 1894, two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping more t...More

Publish: May 1, 2006

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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894

by Brown, Daniel James

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

by Ambrose, Stephen E

In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author od D-Day, presents the ...More

Publish: February 15, 1996

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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

by Ambrose, Stephen E

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader History’s Lists
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Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader History’s Lists

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Pick any page, and get your history fix! Leave it to Uncle John to find a new way to make history fu...More

Publish: September 1, 2010

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Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader History’s Lists

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

by Hillenbrand, Laura

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared...More

Publish: November 16, 2010

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption

by Hillenbrand, Laura

U.S. Presidents: Rankings, Controversies, Scandals and Oddities
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U.S. Presidents: Rankings, Controversies, Scandals and Oddities

by Rossi, MJ

Upon highlighting each of our United States Presidents, a handy list of the scandals, controversies,...More

Publish: May 25, 2018

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U.S. Presidents: Rankings, Controversies, Scandals and Oddities

by Rossi, MJ

Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa
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Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa

by Brady, Tim

The largest amphibious invasion force ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean set sail from Virginia for No...More

Publish: April 24, 2012

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Twelve Desperate Miles: The Epic World War II Voyage of the SS Contessa

by Brady, Tim

Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness
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Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness

by Swidey, Neil

The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless tunnel hundreds of feet under Mas...More

Publish: February 2014

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Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness

by Swidey, Neil

Totch: A Life in the Everglades
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Totch: A Life in the Everglades

by Brown, Loren G "Totch"

“Totch Brown’s memoirs of vanished days in the Ten Thousand Islands and the Everglades&#...More

Publish: September 20, 1993

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Totch: A Life in the Everglades

by Brown, Loren G "Totch"

Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America
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Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America

by Tirella, Joe

Motivated by the idea of turning Flushing Meadows, literally a land of refuse, into his greatest pub...More

Publish: January 7, 2014

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Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America

by Tirella, Joe

To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Lee, Harper

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that r...More

Publish: May 23, 2006

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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Lee, Harper

To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West
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To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West

by Gardner, Mark Lee

No outlaw typifies America’s mythic Wild West more than Billy the Kid. To Hell on a Fast Horse by ...More

Publish: February 9, 2010

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To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West

by Gardner, Mark Lee

Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II
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Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II

by Fluckey, Eugene B, Admiral

The thunderous roar of exploding depth charges was a familiar and comforting sound to the crew membe...More

Publish: July 1, 1992

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Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II

by Fluckey, Eugene B, Admiral

Thunder At Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914
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Thunder At Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914

by Morton, Frederic

Thunder at Twilight is a landmark of historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illu...More

Publish: April 26, 2001

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Thunder At Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914

by Morton, Frederic

Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation
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Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation

by Vogel, Steve

In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous...More

Publish: May 7, 2013

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Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation

by Vogel, Steve

Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes
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Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes

by Brady, Tim

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence bel...More

Publish: February 23, 2021

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Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins and WWII Heroes

by Brady, Tim

Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America

by Kaye, Harvey J

Thomas Paine was one of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world and the greatest r...More

Publish: August 3, 2005

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Thomas Paine and the Promise of America

by Kaye, Harvey J

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

by Meacham, Jon

In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and...More

Publish: November 13, 2012

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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

by Meacham, Jon

This Man’s Army: A Solider’s Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism
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This Man’s Army: A Solider’s Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism

by Exum, Andrew

Born into a family with a long history of military service dating back to the Revolutionary War, And...More

Publish: May 19, 2005

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This Man’s Army: A Solider’s Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism

by Exum, Andrew

Think, Act, and Invest Like Warren Buffett: The Winning Strategy to Help You Achieve Your Financial and Life Goals
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Think, Act, and Invest Like Warren Buffett: The Winning Strategy to Help You Achieve Your Financial and Life Goals

by Swedroe, Larry E

If you wanted to create the next earth-shattering consumer product, Steve Jobs would be an ideal rol...More

Publish: December 11, 2012

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Think, Act, and Invest Like Warren Buffett: The Winning Strategy to Help You Achieve Your Financial and Life Goals

by Swedroe, Larry E

Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912

by Helferich, Gerard

John Flammang Schrank—a lonely Manhattan saloonkeeper—was obsessed with the 1912 presidential el...More

Publish: October 8, 2013

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912

by Helferich, Gerard

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Egan, Timothy

The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like not...More

Publish: December 14, 2005

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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

by Egan, Timothy

The Witches: Salem, 1692
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The Witches: Salem, 1692

by Schiff, Stacy

Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying,...More

Publish: October 27, 2015

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The Witches: Salem, 1692

by Schiff, Stacy

The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

by Bascomb, Neal

It’s 1942 and the Nazis are racing to build an atomic bomb. They have the physicists. They have th...More

Publish: May 3, 2016

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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb

by Bascomb, Neal

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
★★★★★★★★★★

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

by Sides, Hampton

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage o...More

Publish: April 9, 2024

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

by Sides, Hampton

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by Grann, David

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of...More

Publish: April 18, 2023

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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by Grann, David

The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq
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The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

by Sky, Emma

When Emma Sky volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, she ha...More

Publish: April 7, 2015

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The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq

by Sky, Emma

The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

by Morris, Charles R.

The modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay ...More

Publish: October 7, 2005

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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

by Morris, Charles R.

The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill
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The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill

by Mitchell, Greg

A thrilling Cold War narrative exploring two harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans by tunneling ...More

Publish: October 18, 2016

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The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill

by Mitchell, Greg

The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA
★★★★★★★★★★

The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

by Warrick, Joby

In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, A...More

Publish: July 19, 2011

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The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

by Warrick, Joby

The Trial of Lizzie Borden
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden

by Robertson, Cara

When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August of...More

Publish: March 12, 2019

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The Trial of Lizzie Borden

by Robertson, Cara

The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country

The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country

by McCartney, Laton

In this amazing and at times ribald story, Laton McCartney tells how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Ha...More

Publish: January 13, 2009

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The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country

by McCartney, Laton

The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier
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The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier

by Abbas, Hassan

The true story of the Taliban’s remarkable resurgence in Pakistan and war-torn Afghanistan more th...More

Publish: June 24, 2014

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The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier

by Abbas, Hassan

The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History
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The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History

by Dean, Josh

In late February of 1968, a Russian submarine, holding a battery of three ballistic missiles with en...More

Publish: September 5, 2017

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The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History

by Dean, Josh

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
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The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

by Grunwald, Michael

The Swamp is the story of the destruction and possible resurrection of the Everglades, the saga of m...More

Publish: March 27, 2007

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The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

by Grunwald, Michael

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
★★★★★★★★★★

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Summerscale, Kate

It is a summer’s night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, ...More

Publish: April 27, 2020

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The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

by Summerscale, Kate

The Spirit to Soar: The True Story of Former Orphan & POW, Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger US Air Force (Ret)
★★★★★★★★★★

The Spirit to Soar: The True Story of Former Orphan & POW, Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger US Air Force (Ret)

by Petersen, Jim

The day after Lt. Colonel Barry Bridger retired from a distinguished military career in 1984, he put...More

Publish: February 8, 2022

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The Spirit to Soar: The True Story of Former Orphan & POW, Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger US Air Force (Ret)

by Petersen, Jim

The Smuggler’s Ghost: When Marijuana Turned a Florida Teen Into a Millionaire Fugitive

The Smuggler’s Ghost: When Marijuana Turned a Florida Teen Into a Millionaire Fugitive

by Lamb, Steve & Marcou, Diane

Ride along with smugglers as they buy boatloads of marijuana in Jamaica and spirit them into Florida...More

Publish: January 7, 2015

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The Smuggler’s Ghost: When Marijuana Turned a Florida Teen Into a Millionaire Fugitive

by Lamb, Steve & Marcou, Diane

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
★★★★★★★★★★

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Kolbert, Elizabeth

Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life ...More

Publish: February 11, 2014

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

by Kolbert, Elizabeth

The Silence of Murder
★★★★★★★★★★

The Silence of Murder

by Mackall, Dandi Daley

Seventeen-year-old Hope Long’s life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accu...More

Publish: October 11, 2011

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The Silence of Murder

by Mackall, Dandi Daley

The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga
★★★★★★★★★★

The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga

by Cozzens, Peter

Civil War enthusiasts will welcome this new volume of Peter Cozzens’s highly praised works on ...More

Publish: September 1, 1994

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The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga

by Cozzens, Peter

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines
★★★★★★★★★★

The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

by Lineberry, Cate

When 26 Army nurses and medics-part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron-boarded a...More

Publish: May 7, 2013

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The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines

by Lineberry, Cate

The Secret Destiny of America
★★★★★★★★★★

The Secret Destiny of America

by Hall, Manly P

From the author of the landmark Secret Teachings of All Ages comes two classic works on the mysterio...More

Publish: October 1, 2008

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The Secret Destiny of America

by Hall, Manly P

The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys
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The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys

by Olsen, Lise

Between 1971 and 1973, more than twenty-seven teenage boys disappeared from idyllic, tree-lined neig...More

Publish: April 1, 2025

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The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys

by Olsen, Lise

The Rush: America’s Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853
★★★★★★★★★★

The Rush: America’s Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853

by Dolnick, Edward

In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a remote spot in the ...More

Publish: August 12, 2014

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The Rush: America’s Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853

by Dolnick, Edward

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey
★★★★★★★★★★

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey

by Millard, Candice

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doub...More

Publish: October 10, 2006

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey

by Millard, Candice

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

by Brusatte, Stephen

The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today th...More

Publish: April 24, 2018

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

by Brusatte, Stephen

The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days
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The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days

by Gallagher, Gary W

The Richmond campaign of April-July 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of t...More

Publish: September 18, 2000

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The Richmond Campaign of 1862: The Peninsula and the Seven Days

by Gallagher, Gary W

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

by Schiff, Stacy

Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel Adams was the ma...More

Publish: October 25, 2022

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

by Schiff, Stacy

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything

by Trippi, Joe

Joe Trippi’s campaign for Howard Dean marked a quantum leap in how the Internet could be used ...More

Publish: July 6, 2004

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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything

by Trippi, Joe

The Revenant
★★★★★★★★★★

The Revenant

by Punke, Michael

Rocky Mountains, 1823. The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. H...More

Publish: January 6, 2015

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The Revenant

by Punke, Michael

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
★★★★★★★★★★

The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

by Woodard, Colin

The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revo...More

Publish: May 7, 2007

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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

by Woodard, Colin

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
★★★★★★★★★★

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

by Moore, Kate

The incredible true story of the women who fought America’s Undark danger The Curies’ ne...More

Publish: May 2, 2017

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

by Moore, Kate

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
★★★★★★★★★★

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Winchester, Simon

The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tal...More

Publish: 2005

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Winchester, Simon

The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them
★★★★★★★★★★

The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them

by DeRose, Chris

For the first time, readers will experience America’s gravest crisis through the eyes of the five ...More

Publish: June 17, 2014

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The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them

by DeRose, Chris

The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
★★★★★★★★★★

The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

by Pink, Daniel H

Everybody has regrets, Daniel H. Pink explains in The Power of Regret. They’re a universal and...More

Publish: February 1, 2022

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The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

by Pink, Daniel H

The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
★★★★★★★★★★

The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805

by Zacks, Richard

In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, W...More

Publish: June 1, 2005

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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805

by Zacks, Richard

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
★★★★★★★★★★

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

by McCullough, David

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in...More

Publish: May 7, 2019

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

by McCullough, David

The Pinellas Puzzle: A History of Tierra Verde, Mullet Key, and the New Uplands of the Lower Boca Ciega Bay
★★★★★★★★★★

The Pinellas Puzzle: A History of Tierra Verde, Mullet Key, and the New Uplands of the Lower Boca Ciega Bay

by Whelan, Dennis

The Pinellas Puzzle tells the history of the islands of Florida’s lower Boca Ciega Bay. It als...More

Publish: June 11, 2020

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The Pinellas Puzzle: A History of Tierra Verde, Mullet Key, and the New Uplands of the Lower Boca Ciega Bay

by Whelan, Dennis

The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail
★★★★★★★★★★

The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail

by Morris, Larry E

Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark’s safe return, seven...More

Publish: January 16, 2013

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The Perilous West: Seven Amazing Explorers and the Founding of the Oregon Trail

by Morris, Larry E

The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis
★★★★★★★★★★

The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

by Letts, Elizabeth

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable true sto...More

Publish: August 23, 2016

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The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis

by Letts, Elizabeth

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
★★★★★★★★★★

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

by McCullough, David

On December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of rule, the United States officially ceded ownership o...More

Publish: June 1, 2004

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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

by McCullough, David

The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor
★★★★★★★★★★

The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

by Tapper, Jake

At 5:58 AM on October 3rd, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating, located in frighteningly vulnerable terrain...More

Publish: October 22, 2013

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The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor

by Tapper, Jake

The Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch
★★★★★★★★★★

The Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch

by Kelly, Charles

The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the...More

Publish: May 1, 1996

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The Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch

by Kelly, Charles

The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan
★★★★★★★★★★

The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan

by Hastings, Michael

In June 2010, Michael Hastings’s extraordinary, uncensored “Rolling Stone “article...More

Publish: December 6, 2011

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The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan

by Hastings, Michael

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
★★★★★★★★★★

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

by Yergin, Daniel

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new accoun...More

Publish: September 14, 2021

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The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

by Yergin, Daniel

The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II

by Watson, Robert P

Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and ...More

Publish: April 26, 2016

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The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II

by Watson, Robert P

The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
★★★★★★★★★★

The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age

by Brands, H W

Even before he was shot dead on the stairway of the tony Grand Central Hotel in 1872, financier Jame...More

Publish: May 31, 2011

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The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age

by Brands, H W

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer
★★★★★★★★★★

The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer

by Hollandsworth, Skip

A sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer–America’s first–who sta...More

Publish: April 5, 2016

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The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer

by Hollandsworth, Skip

The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-boats
★★★★★★★★★★

The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-boats

by Geroux, William

“The German U-Boat war against American merchant men was deadly and dramatic—in World War II, th...More

Publish: April 19, 2016

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The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler’s U-boats

by Geroux, William

The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History
★★★★★★★★★★

The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History

by Horn, Jonathan

The riveting true story of Robert E. Lee, the brilliant soldier bound by marriage to George Washingt...More

Publish: January 6, 2015

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The Man Who Would Not Be Washington: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History

by Horn, Jonathan

The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II

by Avery, Denis and Broomby, Rob

The almost unbelievable story of Denis Avey, now 92, began in 1944 when he was captured and sent to ...More

Publish: March 1, 2011

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The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II

by Avery, Denis and Broomby, Rob

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution

by Devlin, Keith J

In 1202, a 32-year old Italian finished one of the most influential books of all time, which introdu...More

Publish: July 5, 2011

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The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution

by Devlin, Keith J

The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5000-year-old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
★★★★★★★★★★

The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5000-year-old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age

by Spindler, Konrad

The story of the amazing discovery of a man frozen in the Alpine ice, told by the leader of the inte...More

Publish: February 7, 1995

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The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5000-year-old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age

by Spindler, Konrad

The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth
★★★★★★★★★★

The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

by Martelle, Scott

Union cavalryman Boston Corbett became a national celebrity after killing John Wilkes Booth, but as ...More

Publish: April 1, 2015

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The Madman and the Assassin: The Strange Life of Boston Corbett, the Man Who Killed John Wilkes Booth

by Martelle, Scott

The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
★★★★★★★★★★

The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

by Wallace, Daniel J, MD

The symptoms are puzzling, intermittent, and frequently seem unrelated: mysterious rashes, sore join...More

Publish: December 21, 1995

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The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

by Wallace, Daniel J, MD

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
★★★★★★★★★★

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by Grann, David

A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the ...More

Publish: February 24, 2009

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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by Grann, David

The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind
★★★★★★★★★★

The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind

by Fairbanks, Amanda M

An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded...More

Publish: May 25, 2021

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The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left Behind

by Fairbanks, Amanda M

The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France
★★★★★★★★★★

The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France

by Meyerowitz, Seth

Bronx-born top turret-gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was on his second mission when he was shot down in 19...More

Publish: January 19, 2016

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The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi Occupied France

by Meyerowitz, Seth

The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II’s Great Escape
★★★★★★★★★★

The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II’s Great Escape

by Burgess, Alan

This is the real story behind “The Great Escape” of World War II popularized in the now-...More

Publish: January 31. 1990

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The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II’s Great Escape

by Burgess, Alan

The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution
★★★★★★★★★★

The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution

by Slotkin, Richard

In the summer of 1862, after a year of protracted fighting, Abraham Lincoln decided on a radical cha...More

Publish: July 16, 2012

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The Long Road to Antietam: How the Civil War Became a Revolution

by Slotkin, Richard

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
★★★★★★★★★★

The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

by Cantu, Francisco

For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexica...More

Publish: February 6, 2018

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The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

by Cantu, Francisco

The Lincoln Highway
★★★★★★★★★★

The Lincoln Highway

by Towles, Amor

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophi...More

Publish: October 5, 2021

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The Lincoln Highway

by Towles, Amor

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini
★★★★★★★★★★

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

by Posnanski, Joe

Harry Houdini. Say his name and a number of things come to mind. Escapes. Illusions. Magic. Chains. ...More

Publish: October 22, 2019

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The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

by Posnanski, Joe

The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire
★★★★★★★★★★

The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire

by Eisenberg, John

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and bui...More

Publish: October 9, 2018

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The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire

by Eisenberg, John

The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his...More

Publish: January 6, 2009

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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

by Grant, Will

For readers of Rinker Buck, Bill Bryson, and Larry McMurtry, The Last Ride of the Pony Express boldl...More

Publish: June 6, 2023

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The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West

by Grant, Will

The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper’s True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper’s True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

by Lacz, Kevin

The Last Punisher is a “thoughtful, funny, and raw…always compelling” (Bing West, New York Tim...More

Publish: July 12, 2016

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The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper’s True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

by Lacz, Kevin

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin’s The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalio...More

Publish: November 1, 2022

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The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral–And How It Changed The American West
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral–And How It Changed The American West

by Guinn, Jeff

A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn’s definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous ...More

Publish: May 17, 2011

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The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral–And How It Changed The American West

by Guinn, Jeff

The Last Dickens
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Dickens

by Pearl, Matthew

n his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of liter...More

Publish: March 24, 2009

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The Last Dickens

by Pearl, Matthew

The Last Days of Stalin
★★★★★★★★★★

The Last Days of Stalin

by Rubenstein, Joshua

A scholarly, absorbing narrative of Stalin’s last days and the turbulent wake of his dictators...More

Publish: May 31, 2016

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The Last Days of Stalin

by Rubenstein, Joshua

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

by Wells, Jonathan Daniel

In a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city’s soul: the pro-slavery New Yo...More

Publish: October 20, 2020

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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

by Wells, Jonathan Daniel

The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific: 1945
★★★★★★★★★★

The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific: 1945

by Iredale, Will

In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of ...More

Publish: May 31, 2016

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The Kamikaze Hunters: Fighting for the Pacific: 1945

by Iredale, Will

The Iron Brigade: A Military History
★★★★★★★★★★

The Iron Brigade: A Military History

by Nolan, Alan T

This is the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army. Originally called the “Black Hat ...More

Publish: February 1, 1994

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The Iron Brigade: A Military History

by Nolan, Alan T

The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
★★★★★★★★★★

The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

by Slater, Dan

The harrowing tale of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of organized crime....More

Publish: July 16, 2024

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The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

by Slater, Dan

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
★★★★★★★★★★

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

by Egan, Timothy

National Book Award winner Timothy Egan delivers a story of one of the most famous Irish Americans o...More

Publish: March 1, 2016

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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

by Egan, Timothy

The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
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The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

by Bruno, Anthony

A mob contract killer known as “The Iceman” for hiding a body in an ice-cream truck freezer, Ric...More

Publish: March 26, 2013

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The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer

by Bruno, Anthony

The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness
★★★★★★★★★★

The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

by Payton, Brian

A thrilling account of suffering and survival, The Ice Passage charts an epic quest from desire to d...More

Publish: October 20, 2009

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The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

by Payton, Brian

The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

by Hampton, Dan

At the height of the Cold War, America’s most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert ...More

Publish: June 2, 2015

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The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the First Wild Weasels, the Band of Maverick Aviators Who Flew the Most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam War

by Hampton, Dan

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

by Stashower, Daniel

Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the ...More

Publish: January 29, 2013

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The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War

by Stashower, Daniel

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
★★★★★★★★★★

The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the subur...More

Publish: June 15, 1999

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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
★★★★★★★★★★

The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison

by Earley, Pete

The most dreaded facility in the prison system because of its fierce population, Leavenworth is gove...More

Publish: March 1, 1992

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The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison

by Earley, Pete

The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War

by Carter, Jimmy

The first work of fiction by a President of the United States — a sweeping novel of the Americ...More

Publish: November 11, 2003

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The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War

by Carter, Jimmy

The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
★★★★★★★★★★

The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The great Sioux warrior-statesman Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the Un...More

Publish: December 2013

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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945
★★★★★★★★★★

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

by Atkinson, Rick

It is the twentieth century’s unrivaled epic: at a staggering price, the United States and its all...More

Publish: May 14, 2013

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The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

by Atkinson, Rick

The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
★★★★★★★★★★

The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea

by Davis, Jack E

When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its “special...More

Publish: March 14, 2017

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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea

by Davis, Jack E

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War

by Donohue, John "Chick" and Molloy, J.T.

In 1967, John (Chick) Donohue was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran working as a merchant seam...More

Publish: May 2, 2017

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War

by Donohue, John "Chick" and Molloy, J.T.

The Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace

by Crosby, Molly Caldwell

In the summer of 1913, under the cover of London’s perpetual smoggy dusk, two brilliant minds are ...More

Publish: November 27, 2012

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The Great Pearl Heist: London’s Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard’s Hunt for the World’s Most Valuable Necklace

by Crosby, Molly Caldwell

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom

by Harden, Blaine

From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 , Blaine Harden tells the riveting...More

Publish: March 17, 2015

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The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom

by Harden, Blaine

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by Barry, John M.

At the height of WWI, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, mov...More

Publish: February 9, 2004

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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by Barry, John M.

The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

by Shedd, David R and Badger, Andrew

A definitive, headline-making exposé of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out the l...More

Publish: December 2, 2025

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The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets

by Shedd, David R and Badger, Andrew

The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation

by Fleming, Thomas

A conflict between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson? Most Americans are unaware of this histor...More

Publish: March 10, 2015

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The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation

by Fleming, Thomas

The Great Crash of 1929
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Crash of 1929

by Galbraith, John Kenneth

Of Galbraith’s classic examination of the 1929 financial collapse, the Atlantic Monthly said:&...More

Publish: April 28, 1997

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The Great Crash of 1929

by Galbraith, John Kenneth

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
★★★★★★★★★★

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by McCullough, David

The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest sus...More

Publish: May 22, 2012

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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by McCullough, David

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
★★★★★★★★★★

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

by Larsson, Stieg

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. A...More

Publish: September 16, 2008

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The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo

by Larsson, Stieg

The Girl who Played with Fire
★★★★★★★★★★

The Girl who Played with Fire

by Larsson, Stieg

Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on so...More

Publish: July 28, 2009

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The Girl who Played with Fire

by Larsson, Stieg

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
★★★★★★★★★★

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

by Larsson, Stieg

Lisbeth Salander – the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels – lies in critical c...More

Publish: May 23, 2010

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

by Larsson, Stieg

The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
★★★★★★★★★★

The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis

by Geroux, William

On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated ...More

Publish: May 14, 2019

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The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis

by Geroux, William

The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery
★★★★★★★★★★

The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

by Beyer, Rick and Sayles, Elizabeth

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries as Bill Bl...More

Publish: April 28, 2015

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The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

by Beyer, Rick and Sayles, Elizabeth

The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II

by Groom, Winston

Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the intertwined and uniquely American tales of George Patto...More

Publish: November 10, 2015

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The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II

by Groom, Winston

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
★★★★★★★★★★

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

by Brands, H W

At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves a...More

Publish: October 11, 2016

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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

by Brands, H W

The Four Agreements
★★★★★★★★★★

The Four Agreements

by Ruiz, Miguel

In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of j...More

Publish: January 15, 2001

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The Four Agreements

by Ruiz, Miguel

The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific
★★★★★★★★★★

The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific

by Urquhart, Alistair

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Fo...More

Publish: October 1, 2010

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The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific

by Urquhart, Alistair

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

by Freeman, Gregory A

In 1944 the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped and sheltered for months by villager...More

Publish: September 1, 2007

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The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

by Freeman, Gregory A

The Forest of Vanishing Stars
★★★★★★★★★★

The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Harmel, Kristin

The New York Times bestselling author of the The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming...More

Publish: July 6, 2021

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The Forest of Vanishing Stars

by Harmel, Kristin

The Five People You Meet in Heaven
★★★★★★★★★★

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Albom, Mitch

From the author of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, a novel that ex...More

Publish: September 23, 2003

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

by Albom, Mitch

The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast
★★★★★★★★★★

The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast

by Johnson, Kirk Wallace

A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disas...More

Publish: August 9, 2022

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The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast

by Johnson, Kirk Wallace

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

by Kershaw, Alex

“Meet the assaulters: Pathfinders plunging from the black, coxswains plowing the whitecaps, ba...More

Publish: May 14, 2019

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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

by Kershaw, Alex

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
★★★★★★★★★★

The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Meltzer, Brad and Mensch, Josh

In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington’s bodyguards. Wa...More

Publish: January 8, 2019

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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Meltzer, Brad and Mensch, Josh

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
★★★★★★★★★★

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society

by Zelizer, Julian E

Between November 1963, when he became president, and November 1966, when his party was routed in the...More

Publish: January 8, 2015

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society

by Zelizer, Julian E

The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys, The True Story
★★★★★★★★★★

The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys, The True Story

by King, Dean

For more than a century, the enduring feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys has been American sh...More

Publish: May 14, 2013

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The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys, The True Story

by King, Dean

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
★★★★★★★★★★

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

by Atkinson, Rick

In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #...More

Publish: April 29, 2025

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The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

by Atkinson, Rick

The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse
★★★★★★★★★★

The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse

by Webster, David

Ancient Maya civilization thrived in the tropics of Central America for more than a thousand years a...More

Publish: May 1, 2002

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The Fall of the Ancient Maya: Solving the Mystery of the Maya Collapse

by Webster, David

The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
★★★★★★★★★★

The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

by Dugard, Martin

The riveting account of one of history’s greatest adventures and a study of the seven characte...More

Publish: June 3, 2014

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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success

by Dugard, Martin

The Devil’s Causeway: The True Story of America’s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue
★★★★★★★★★★

The Devil’s Causeway: The True Story of America’s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue

by Westfall, Matthew

As the United States engaged in a bloody campaign to pacify its newly-won Philippines territory, a s...More

Publish: September 18, 2012

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The Devil’s Causeway: The True Story of America’s First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue

by Westfall, Matthew

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
★★★★★★★★★★

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Larson, Erik

Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair with...More

Publish: February 11, 2003

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Larson, Erik

The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
★★★★★★★★★★

The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

by Moore, Michael Scott

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narra...More

Publish: July 24, 2018

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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

by Moore, Michael Scott

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Larson, Erik

On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The coun...More

Publish: April 30, 2024

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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Larson, Erik

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
★★★★★★★★★★

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

by Atkinson, Rick

In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Pr...More

Publish: October 2, 2007

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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

by Atkinson, Rick

The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir
★★★★★★★★★★

The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir

by Friedman, Tova and Brabant, Malcolm

A powerful memoir by one of the youngest ever survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her c...More

Publish: September 6, 2022

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The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir

by Friedman, Tova and Brabant, Malcolm

The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt
★★★★★★★★★★

The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt

by Sullivan, Randall

In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova...More

Publish: December 11, 2018

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The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt

by Sullivan, Randall

The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941-1945
★★★★★★★★★★

The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941-1945

by Beschloss, Michael

The Conquerors provides a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes negotiations during World W...More

Publish: October 29, 2002

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The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941-1945

by Beschloss, Michael

The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forest
★★★★★★★★★★

The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forest

by Wills, Brian Steel

This is the best biography of one of the most exciting, colorful, and controversial figures of the C...More

Publish: April 22, 1998

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The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forest

by Wills, Brian Steel

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
★★★★★★★★★★

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Rothstein, Richard

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading autho...More

Publish: May 2, 2017

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Rothstein, Richard

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
★★★★★★★★★★

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Eisinger, Jesse

Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wro...More

Publish: July 11, 2017

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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Eisinger, Jesse

The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

by Zesch, Scott

On New Year’s Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. ...More

Publish: November 10, 2004

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The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier

by Zesch, Scott

The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers
★★★★★★★★★★

The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

by Morris, Jim

The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the law...More

Publish: January 23, 2024

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The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

by Morris, Jim

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
★★★★★★★★★★

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

by Atkinson, Rick

In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months o...More

Publish: May 14, 2019

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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

by Atkinson, Rick

The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing
★★★★★★★★★★

The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

by Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey

“He had decided to live forever, or die in the attempt.” Catch-22″ The men of the ...More

Publish: May 9, 2016

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The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing

by Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey

The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother’s Crusade to Bring Her Son’s Killers to Justice

The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother’s Crusade to Bring Her Son’s Killers to Justice

by Leveritt, Mara

The Boys on the Tracks is the story of a parent’s worst nightmare, a quiet woman’s confr...More

Publish: November 23, 1999

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The Boys on the Tracks: Death, Denial, and a Mother’s Crusade to Bring Her Son’s Killers to Justice

by Leveritt, Mara

The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance
★★★★★★★★★★

The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance

by Rydell, Anders

While the Nazi party was being condemned by much of the world for burning books, they were already h...More

Publish: February 7, 2017

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The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe’s Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance

by Rydell, Anders

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
★★★★★★★★★★

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Gladwell, Malcolm

In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade...More

Publish: April 27, 2021

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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Gladwell, Malcolm

The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo–and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation
★★★★★★★★★★

The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo–and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation

by Donovan, James

The gripping and definitive chronicle of the iconic battle that inspired a nation–a sweeping s...More

Publish: May 15, 2012

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The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo–and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation

by Donovan, James

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
★★★★★★★★★★

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water

by Fishman, Charles

The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped b...More

Publish: April 12, 2011

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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water

by Fishman, Charles

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
★★★★★★★★★★

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Lewis, Michael

The #1 New York Times bestseller: “It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the...More

Publish: March 15, 2010

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Lewis, Michael

The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
★★★★★★★★★★

The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways

by Swift, Earl

A man-made wonder, a connective network, an economic force, a bringer of blight and sprawl and the p...More

Publish: June 9, 2011

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The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways

by Swift, Earl

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
★★★★★★★★★★

The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

by Egan, Timothy

On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken nati...More

Publish: October 1, 2009

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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

by Egan, Timothy

The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told
★★★★★★★★★★

The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told

by Dando-Collins, Stephen

Oflag 64, a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based in Schubin, Poland, was speculated to be o...More

Publish: January 10, 2017

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The Big Break: The Greatest American WWII POW Escape Story Never Told

by Dando-Collins, Stephen

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
★★★★★★★★★★

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

by King, Stephen

A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collec...More

Publish: November 3, 2015

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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

by King, Stephen

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

by Beevor, Antony

The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastat...More

Publish: May 17, 2008

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The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II

by Beevor, Antony

The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird
★★★★★★★★★★

The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird

by Davis, Jack E

The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you’re not inclined to argue with. For centuries,...More

Publish: December 2022

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The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird

by Davis, Jack E

The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program
★★★★★★★★★★

The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program

by Scahill, Jeremy

“A searing, facts-driven indictment of America’s drone wars and their implications for US democr...More

Publish: May 3, 2016

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The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program

by Scahill, Jeremy

The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers
★★★★★★★★★★

The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

by Mitnick, Kevin

Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most celebrated hacker, now devotes his life to helping businesses ...More

Publish: January 1, 2006

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The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

by Mitnick, Kevin

The American: The Life, Times, and War of Basil Antonelli
★★★★★★★★★★

The American: The Life, Times, and War of Basil Antonelli

by Roberts, Daniel

Basil Antonelli was born in a tiny village, in a quiet valley, beneath the Apennine heights of centr...More

Publish: January 1, 2012

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The American: The Life, Times, and War of Basil Antonelli

by Roberts, Daniel

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
★★★★★★★★★★

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

by Zeihan, Peter

An eye-opening assement of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The Wo...More

Publish: February 23, 2016

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

by Zeihan, Peter

The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza
★★★★★★★★★★

The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza

by Blumenthal, Max

On July 8, 2014, Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, followed by a ground invasion...More

Publish: June 30, 2015

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The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza

by Blumenthal, Max

Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

by Munson, Richard

Tesla’s inventions transformed our world, and his visions have continued to inspire great minds fo...More

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Tesla: Inventor of the Modern

by Munson, Richard

Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation
★★★★★★★★★★

Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

by Pearl, Tobey

A brutal killing, an all-out manhunt, and a riveting account of the first murder trial in U.S. histo...More

Publish: March 16, 2021

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Terror to the Wicked: America’s First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation

by Pearl, Tobey

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
★★★★★★★★★★

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln’s political genius in this highly...More

Publish: September 26, 2006

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror
★★★★★★★★★★

Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

by Carr, Jack and Scott, James M

The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that chang...More

Publish: September 24, 2024

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Targeted: Beirut — The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror

by Carr, Jack and Scott, James M

Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan
★★★★★★★★★★

Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan

by Morriss, Seymour, Jr

Seymour Morris Jr. combines political history, military biography, and business management to tell t...More

Publish: April 15, 2014

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Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan

by Morriss, Seymour, Jr

Supernavigators: The Astounding New Science of How Animals Find Their Way
★★★★★★★★★★

Supernavigators: The Astounding New Science of How Animals Find Their Way

by Barrie, David

In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge scienc...More

Publish: April 2019

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Supernavigators: The Astounding New Science of How Animals Find Their Way

by Barrie, David

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
★★★★★★★★★★

Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

by Weisberg, Barbara

Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, expos...More

Publish: February 20, 2024

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Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York

by Weisberg, Barbara

Strange Crimes at Sea: Twelve True and Startling Tales of Pirates, Mutineers, and Madmen
★★★★★★★★★★

Strange Crimes at Sea: Twelve True and Startling Tales of Pirates, Mutineers, and Madmen

by Davidson Louis B

Twelve historical accounts of crimes committed at sea in chronological order.

Publish: 1966

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Strange Crimes at Sea: Twelve True and Startling Tales of Pirates, Mutineers, and Madmen

by Davidson Louis B

Stonehenge: A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument
★★★★★★★★★★

Stonehenge: A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument

by Pearson, Mike Parker

Despite its being one of prehistory s most alluring landmarks, before the Stonehenge Riverside Proje...More

Publish: June 4, 2013

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Stonehenge: A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument

by Pearson, Mike Parker

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

by Makos, Adam

From the author of the international bestseller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story ...More

Publish: February 19, 2019

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Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II

by Makos, Adam

South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917
★★★★★★★★★★

South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917

by Shackleton, Ernest

In 1914, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton announced an ambitious plan to lead the Imperial Trans...More

Publish: November 1999

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South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917

by Shackleton, Ernest

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
★★★★★★★★★★

Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

by Toll, Ian W

Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became th...More

Publish: March 17, 2008

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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

by Toll, Ian W

Shot in the Heart
★★★★★★★★★★

Shot in the Heart

by Gilmore, Mikal

Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner’s Song, c...More

Publish: August 1, 1995

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Shot in the Heart

by Gilmore, Mikal

Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape
★★★★★★★★★★

Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape

by Gardner, Mark Lee

It was the most famous bank robbery of all time, involving the legendary James-Younger gang’s ...More

Publish: July 23, 2013

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Shot All to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape

by Gardner, Mark Lee

Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Lawmen of the Old West
★★★★★★★★★★

Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Lawmen of the Old West

by Vulich, Nick

Bat Masterson knew better than most of his contemporaries that the majority of what was written abou...More

Publish: October 8, 2018

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Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Lawmen of the Old West

by Vulich, Nick

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
★★★★★★★★★★

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

by Donovan, James

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, a mome...More

Publish: March 12, 2019

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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

by Donovan, James

Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror
★★★★★★★★★★

Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror

by Coughlin, Jack

From the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Shooter, comes a riveting narrative of how ...More

Publish: October 28, 2014

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Shock Factor: American Snipers in the War on Terror

by Coughlin, Jack

Shobun, A Forgotten War Crime in the Pacific
★★★★★★★★★★

Shobun, A Forgotten War Crime in the Pacific

by Goodwin, Michael J

The tragic story of one downed WWII American naval aircraft crew, brutally beheaded to boost the mor...More

Publish: September 1, 1995

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Shobun, A Forgotten War Crime in the Pacific

by Goodwin, Michael J

Shiloh, 1862
★★★★★★★★★★

Shiloh, 1862

by Groom, Winston

Offers a detailed account of the Battle of Shiloh, a turning point when both the Union and the Confe...More

Publish: March 20, 2012

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Shiloh, 1862

by Groom, Winston

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Kurson, Robert

Includes a section of black & white photos and one section of color plates. In the fall of 1991,...More

Publish: June 29, 2004

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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Kurson, Robert

Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time
★★★★★★★★★★

Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time

by Prerau, David

Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned ...More

Publish: February 17, 2005

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Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time

by Prerau, David

Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force–The NYPD
★★★★★★★★★★

Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force–The NYPD

by Dickey, Christopher

Christopher Dickey takes us inside the best and most ambitious anti-terror operation in the country,...More

Publish: February 3, 2009

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Securing the City: Inside America’s Best Counterterror Force–The NYPD

by Dickey, Christopher

Secrets behind the Dolphin Smile: 25 Amazing Things Dolphins Do
★★★★★★★★★★

Secrets behind the Dolphin Smile: 25 Amazing Things Dolphins Do

by Weaver, Ann

Dolphins have always been an object of fascination to humanity, with little understanding of the sec...More

Publish: December 9, 2017

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Secrets behind the Dolphin Smile: 25 Amazing Things Dolphins Do

by Weaver, Ann

Secret Warriors: The Spies, Scientists and Code Breakers of World War I
★★★★★★★★★★

Secret Warriors: The Spies, Scientists and Code Breakers of World War I

by Downing, Taylor

World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting in trenches, a...More

Publish: April 15, 2015

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Secret Warriors: The Spies, Scientists and Code Breakers of World War I

by Downing, Taylor

Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill
★★★★★★★★★★

Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill

by Gardner, Mark Lee

Two months after the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in February 1898, Congress authorized...More

Publish: March 10, 2016

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Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill

by Gardner, Mark Lee

Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
★★★★★★★★★★

Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

by Macintyre, Ben

In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young o...More

Publish: October 4, 2016

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Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

by Macintyre, Ben

Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan
★★★★★★★★★★

Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan

by Maurer, Kevin

In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the P...More

Publish: December 1, 2020

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Rock Force: The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur’s Revenge on Japan

by Maurer, Kevin

Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
★★★★★★★★★★

Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony

by Miller, Lee

November 1587. A report reaches London that Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition, which left England mo...More

Publish: June 30, 2001

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Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony

by Miller, Lee

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
★★★★★★★★★★

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

by Barry, John M.

In an epic that “is nothing less than the story of America itself” (Wil Hygood, The Bost...More

Publish: April 9, 1997

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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

by Barry, John M.

Revival
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Revival

by King, Stephen

In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy ...More

Publish: November 11, 2014

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Revival

by King, Stephen

Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
★★★★★★★★★★

Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock

by Hagar, Sammy and Selvin, Joel

Sammy Hagar—legendary lead singer of Van Halen, founder of the Cabo Wabo Tequila brand, and one of...More

Publish: March 15, 2011

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Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock

by Hagar, Sammy and Selvin, Joel

Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Sumbarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.
★★★★★★★★★★

Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Sumbarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.

by Sewell, Kenneth and Richmond, Clint

March 7, 1968: Several hundred miles northwest of Hawaii, the nuclear-armed K-129 surfaces and then ...More

Publish: September 6, 2005

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Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Sumbarine’s Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S.

by Sewell, Kenneth and Richmond, Clint

Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
★★★★★★★★★★

Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

by Romesha, Clinton

“‘It doesn’t get better.’ To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential tru...More

Publish: May 3, 2016

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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

by Romesha, Clinton

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice
★★★★★★★★★★

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

by Browder, Bill

A real-life political thriller about an American financier in the Wild East of Russia, the murder of...More

Publish: February 3, 2015

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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

by Browder, Bill

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution
★★★★★★★★★★

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

by Dolin, Eric Jay

The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet mi...More

Publish: May 31, 2022

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Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
★★★★★★★★★★

Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Burrough, Bryan

In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by...More

Publish: June 28, 2005

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Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34

by Burrough, Bryan

Presidents Under Fire: Commanders-in-Chief in Victory and Defeat
★★★★★★★★★★

Presidents Under Fire: Commanders-in-Chief in Victory and Defeat

In wartime, the commander-in-chief has two tasks: to formulate a winning strategy and to find the me...More

Publish: June 7, 1994

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Presidents Under Fire: Commanders-in-Chief in Victory and Defeat

Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron
★★★★★★★★★★

Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron

by Swartz, Mimi and Watkins, Sherron

Power Failure is the electrifying behind-the-scenes story of the collapse of Enron, the high-flying ...More

Publish: March 25, 2003

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Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron

by Swartz, Mimi and Watkins, Sherron

Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor
★★★★★★★★★★

Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor

by Kim, Anne

A devastating investigation into the “corporate poverty complex”—the myriad businesses that pr...More

Publish: May 28, 2024

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Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor

by Kim, Anne

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
★★★★★★★★★★

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America’s intelligence wars, from the only per...More

Publish: February 23, 2016

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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
★★★★★★★★★★

Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

by Kurson, Robert

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John C...More

Publish: June 16, 2015

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Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

by Kurson, Robert

Petty: The Biography
★★★★★★★★★★

Petty: The Biography

by Zanes, Warren

An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished write...More

Publish: November 10, 2015

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Petty: The Biography

by Zanes, Warren

Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust
★★★★★★★★★★

Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust

by Zuccotti, Susan

Susan Zuccotti narrates the life and work of Pere Marie-Benoit, a courageous French Capuchin priest ...More

Publish: June 1, 2013

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Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust

by Zuccotti, Susan

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
★★★★★★★★★★

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

by Nelson, Craig

Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that chan...More

Publish: September 20, 2016

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Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

by Nelson, Craig

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
★★★★★★★★★★

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

by Bergreen, Laurence

Ferdinand Magellan’s daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three...More

Publish: October 14, 2003

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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

by Bergreen, Laurence

Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
★★★★★★★★★★

Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

by Parnell, Sean

Former Army officer Parnell and collaborator Bruning (Shadow of the Sword) reprise Parnell’s 16 mo...More

Publish: February 28, 2012

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Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan

by Parnell, Sean

Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
★★★★★★★★★★

Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

by Boyle, Rebecca

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth–from the primordial soup to...More

Publish: January 16, 2024

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Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

by Boyle, Rebecca

Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South
★★★★★★★★★★

Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South

by Dickey, Christopher

Between the Confederacy and recognition by Great Britain stood one unlikely Englishman who hated the...More

Publish: July 21, 2015

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Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South

by Dickey, Christopher

Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
★★★★★★★★★★

Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

by David, Saul

On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked by a group of Arab and Ge...More

Publish: December 1, 2015

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Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History

by David, Saul

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
★★★★★★★★★★

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

by Jacobsen, Annie

The explosive story of America’s secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New Yor...More

Publish: February 11, 2014

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

by Jacobsen, Annie

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
★★★★★★★★★★

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Macintyre, Ben

In 1943, from a windowless London basement office, two intelligence officers conceived a plan that w...More

Publish: May 4, 2010

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Macintyre, Ben

Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story
★★★★★★★★★★

Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story

by Maraniss, David

As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America’s path to music ...More

Publish: September 15, 2015

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Once In A Great City: A Detroit Story

by Maraniss, David

Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
★★★★★★★★★★

Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Plokhy, Serhii

Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders are abandoning disarmamen...More

Publish: April 13, 2021

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Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Plokhy, Serhii

No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII
★★★★★★★★★★

No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII

by Weintraub, Robert

The extraordinary tale of survival and friendship between a man and a dog in war Flight technician F...More

Publish: May 5, 2015

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No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII

by Weintraub, Robert

Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
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Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

by Hornfischer, James D

With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts, James D. Hornfischer created essentia...More

Publish: January 25, 2011

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Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

by Hornfischer, James D

Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

by McDougall, Christopher

The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the...More

Publish: April 14, 2015

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Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance

by McDougall, Christopher

Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West
★★★★★★★★★★

Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West

by Harden, Blaine

In 1836, two missionaries and their wives were among the first Americans to cross the Rockies by cov...More

Publish: April 27, 2021

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Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West

by Harden, Blaine

Murder & Mayhem in Nashville
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Murder & Mayhem in Nashville

by Allison, Brian

Author Brian Allison illustrates the darker shades of Nashville’s colorful past. Nashville is ...More

Publish: October 3, 2016

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Murder & Mayhem in Nashville

by Allison, Brian

Mr. Mercedes
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Mr. Mercedes

by King, Stephen

In the predawn hours, in a distressed American city, hundreds of unemployed men and women line up fo...More

Publish: June 2014

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Mr. Mercedes

by King, Stephen

Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War: America’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence
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Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War: America’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence

by Howard, Hugh

August 28, 1814. Dressed in black, James Madison mourns the nation’s loss. Smoke rises from th...More

Publish: January 24, 2012

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Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War: America’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence

by Howard, Hugh

Miracle at St. Anna
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Miracle at St. Anna

by McBride, James

Inspired by a historical incident that took place in the village of St. Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany ...More

Publish: January 7, 2003

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Miracle at St. Anna

by McBride, James

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

by Horwitz, Tony

Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal mome...More

Publish: October 25, 2011

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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

by Horwitz, Tony

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster
★★★★★★★★★★

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Higginbotham, Adam

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on origin...More

Publish: February 12, 2019

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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Higginbotham, Adam

Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
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Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience

by Whittock, Martyn

Leading into the 400th anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower, Martyn Whittock examines the live...More

Publish: August 6, 2019

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Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience

by Whittock, Martyn

Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
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Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

by Wiencek, Henry

Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Mas...More

Publish: October 16, 2012

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Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

by Wiencek, Henry

Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America
★★★★★★★★★★

Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America

by Atkinson, Jay

Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English fron...More

Publish: September 1, 2015

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Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America

by Atkinson, Jay

Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace
★★★★★★★★★★

Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace

by Janney, Peter

Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counteri...More

Publish: April 2, 2012

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Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace

by Janney, Peter

Marco Polo: The Journey that Changed the World
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Marco Polo: The Journey that Changed the World

by Man, John

In 1271, a young Italian merchant named Marco Polo embarked on a groundbreaking expedition from Veni...More

Publish: November 11, 2014

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Marco Polo: The Journey that Changed the World

by Man, John

Man’s Search for Meaning
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Man’s Search for Meaning

by Frankl, Victor E

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions o...More

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Man’s Search for Meaning

by Frankl, Victor E

Lupus: Everything You Need to Know
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Lupus: Everything You Need to Know

by Bernatsky, Sasha

The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that 1.5 million people in the United States are currently...More

Publish: January 8, 2005

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Lupus: Everything You Need to Know

by Bernatsky, Sasha

Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission
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Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is and Halsey’s Ty...More

Publish: October 25, 2016

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Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts
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Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

by Irons, Maya Moore and Irons, Jonathan

In the tradition of Just Mercy, an inspirational memoir by WNBA star Maya Moore Irons and her husban...More

Publish: January 17, 2023

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Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts

by Irons, Maya Moore and Irons, Jonathan

Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush and impenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one ...More

Publish: April 26, 2011

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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

Long Shot: the inside story of the snipers who broke ISIS
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Long Shot: the inside story of the snipers who broke ISIS

by Cudi, Azad

A gripping narrative by an Iran-born Kurdish journalist who joined the ranks of the Kurdish army as ...More

Publish: February 12, 2019

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Long Shot: the inside story of the snipers who broke ISIS

by Cudi, Azad

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
★★★★★★★★★★

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Luttrell, Marcus

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for...More

Publish: June 12. 2007

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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

by Luttrell, Marcus

Lincoln on War
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Lincoln on War

by Lincoln, Abraham

President Lincoln used his own weapons—his words— to fight the Civil War as brilliantly as any g...More

Publish: April 12, 2011

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Lincoln on War

by Lincoln, Abraham

Liberty’s First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech
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Liberty’s First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech

by Slack, Charles

When the United States government passed the Bill of Rights in 1791, its uncompromising protection o...More

Publish: March 3, 2015

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Liberty’s First Crisis: Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech

by Slack, Charles

Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison
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Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison

by Wheelan, Joseph

While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled wit...More

Publish: February 9, 2010

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Libby Prison Breakout: The Daring Escape from the Notorious Civil War Prison

by Wheelan, Joseph

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
★★★★★★★★★★

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

by Dolin, Eric Jay

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme,” proclaimed Herman Melville, ...More

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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
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Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

by Goldstein, Gordon M

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insig...More

Publish: November 11, 2008

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Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam

by Goldstein, Gordon M

Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez’s Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines
★★★★★★★★★★

Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez’s Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

by Blehm, Eric

The unforgettable account and courageous actions of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Compa...More

Publish: April 28, 2015

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Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez’s Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

by Blehm, Eric

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
★★★★★★★★★★

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Weiner, Tim

With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Ti...More

Publish: May 20, 2008

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Weiner, Tim

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
★★★★★★★★★★

Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

by Dolin, Eric Jay

The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale o...More

Publish: May 7, 2024

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Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe
★★★★★★★★★★

Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe

by Bretholz, Leo

A harrowing, action-packed account of the author’s series of audacious escapes from the Nazis&...More

Publish: September 14, 1999

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Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe

by Bretholz, Leo

Last Words
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Last Words

by Carlin, George with Hendra, Tony

As one of America’s preeminent comedic voices, George Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordina...More

Publish: November 10, 2009

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Last Words

by Carlin, George with Hendra, Tony

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

by Standiford, Les

Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account...More

Publish: January 1, 2002

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Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

by Standiford, Les

Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II

by Harding, Stephen

On August 18, 1945—three days after Japan announced it would cease hostilities and surrender—U.S...More

Publish: July 14, 2015

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Last to Die: A Defeated Empire, a Forgotten Mission, and the Last American Killed in World War II

by Harding, Stephen

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
★★★★★★★★★★

Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

by Punke, Michael

In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 mill...More

Publish: May 29, 2007

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Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West

by Punke, Michael

Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam
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Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam

by Jones, Gregg

In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find t...More

Publish: April 22, 2014

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Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam

by Jones, Gregg

Last Men Out: The True Story of America’s Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
★★★★★★★★★★

Last Men Out: The True Story of America’s Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The monsoon winds swirling up from the South China Sea had doubled in magnitude as Marine Staff Serg...More

Publish: May 3, 2011

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Last Men Out: The True Story of America’s Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas
★★★★★★★★★★

Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas

by Lewis, Matt

There’s nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster ...More

Publish: May 12, 2015

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Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas

by Lewis, Matt

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
★★★★★★★★★★

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

A brilliant, authoritative, and fascinating history of America’s most puzzling era, the years 1920...More

Publish: May 11, 2010

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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide
★★★★★★★★★★

Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide

The inside story of the laptop that exposed the president’s dirtiest secret. When a drug-addled Hu...More

Publish: November 30, 2021

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Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide

Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach
★★★★★★★★★★

Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach

by Kershaw, Alex

Before World War II, Normandy’s Plage d’Or coast was best known for its sleepy villages and holi...More

Publish: November 6, 2018

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Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach

by Kershaw, Alex

Known and Unknown
★★★★★★★★★★

Known and Unknown

With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld’s memoir is fille...More

Publish: February 8, 2011

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Known and Unknown

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History
★★★★★★★★★★

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

As the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi ...More

Publish: October 9, 2018

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Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
★★★★★★★★★★

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in t...More

Publish: May 4, 2021

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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General
★★★★★★★★★★

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

General George S. Patton, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of...More

Publish: September 23, 2014

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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
★★★★★★★★★★

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraha...More

Publish: September 27, 2011

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Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever

by O'Reilly, Bill and Dugard, Martin

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
★★★★★★★★★★

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by Grann, David

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian Nation in ...More

Publish: April 18, 2017

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by Grann, David

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

by Turse, Nick

Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inci...More

Publish: January 15, 2013

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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

by Turse, Nick

Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
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Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

by Carter, Jimmy

President Carter provides a candid account of his time in the Oval Office, detailing the hostage cri...More

Publish: January 1, 1982

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Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President

by Carter, Jimmy

Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya
★★★★★★★★★★

Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya

by Carlsen, William

In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Cent...More

Publish: April 26, 2016

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Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya

by Carlsen, William

Joyland
★★★★★★★★★★

Joyland

by King, Stephen

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in ...More

Publish: May 27, 2014

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Joyland

by King, Stephen

Joker One: A Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
★★★★★★★★★★

Joker One: A Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood

by Campbell, Donovan

After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and commit...More

Publish: March 10, 2009

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Joker One: A Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood

by Campbell, Donovan

John Quincy Adams
★★★★★★★★★★

John Quincy Adams

by Unger, Harlow Giles

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion agains...More

Publish: September 4, 2012

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John Quincy Adams

by Unger, Harlow Giles

Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA’s Key Field Commander
★★★★★★★★★★

Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA’s Key Field Commander

by Berntsen, Gary and Pezzullo, Ralph

Gary Berntsen, the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Ka...More

Publish: October 24, 2006

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Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA’s Key Field Commander

by Berntsen, Gary and Pezzullo, Ralph

James Madison and the Making of America
★★★★★★★★★★

James Madison and the Making of America

by Gutzman, Kevin R

In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madis...More

Publish: February 14, 2012

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James Madison and the Making of America

by Gutzman, Kevin R

Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
★★★★★★★★★★

Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

by Schlesinger, Arthur M, Jr

In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. ...More

Publish: September 14, 2011

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Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

by Schlesinger, Arthur M, Jr

Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
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Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab

by Inskeep, Steve

Jacksonland is the thrilling narrative history of two men—President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee ch...More

Publish: May 19, 2015

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Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab

by Inskeep, Steve

Jack Nasty-Face: The Classic Memoir of a Sailor Who Blew-the-Whistle on the British Navy
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Jack Nasty-Face: The Classic Memoir of a Sailor Who Blew-the-Whistle on the British Navy

by Robinson, William

In 1805 William Wells Robinson joined the Royal Navy. He saw action in numerous campaigns of the Nap...More

Publish: March 9, 2017

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Jack Nasty-Face: The Classic Memoir of a Sailor Who Blew-the-Whistle on the British Navy

by Robinson, William

Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific
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Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

by Burgin, R V

Watch author RV Burgin discuss “Islands of the Damned” and “The Pacific.” Se...More

Publish: March 2, 2010

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Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific

by Burgin, R V

Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World
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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World

by Druett, Joan

Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in...More

Publish: 2007

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Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World

by Druett, Joan

Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Larson, Erik

September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resid...More

Publish: August 24, 1999

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Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Larson, Erik

Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History
★★★★★★★★★★

Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History

by Snow, Richard

From acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New Y...More

Publish: November 1, 2016

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Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History

by Snow, Richard

Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

by Meyer, Dakota

“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.” — President Barack Obama, f...More

Publish: September 25, 2012

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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

by Meyer, Dakota

Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World’s Greatest Mystery
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Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World’s Greatest Mystery

by Quasar, Gian J

A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starva...More

Publish: February 28, 2005

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Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World’s Greatest Mystery

by Quasar, Gian J

Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story
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Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

by Shaben, Carol

Only four men survived the plane crash. The pilot. A politician. A cop… and the criminal he wa...More

Publish: May 21, 2013

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Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

by Shaben, Carol

Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665
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Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665

by Wolfe, Missy

The story of Elizabeth Winthrop (daughter-in-law of John Winthrop) takes us through four marriages, ...More

Publish: October 2, 2012

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Insubordinate Spirit: A True Story of Life and Loss in Earliest America 1610-1665

by Wolfe, Missy

Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect
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Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect

by Erlich, Reese

Based on first-hand reporting from Syria and Washington, journalist Reese Erlich unravels the comple...More

Publish: October 7, 2014

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Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect

by Erlich, Reese

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

“With its huge, scarred head halfway out of the water and its tail beating the ocean into a wh...More

Publish: December 2001

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin

by Larson, Erik

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador t...More

Publish: May 10, 2011

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin

by Larson, Erik

In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

by Cheney, Dick

In this eagerly anticipated memoir, former Vice President Dick Cheney delivers an unyielding portrai...More

Publish: August 30, 2011

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In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir

by Cheney, Dick

In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors
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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

by Stanton, Doug

A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America’s worst naval disaster—and of the heroism...More

Publish: January 1, 2001

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In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors

by Stanton, Doug

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
★★★★★★★★★★

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

by Capote, Truman

With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime re...More

Publish: February 1, 1994

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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

by Capote, Truman

Imperfect Union: A Father’s Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
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Imperfect Union: A Father’s Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg

by Raasch, Chuck

On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Union artillery lieutenant Bayard Wilkeso...More

Publish: April 15, 2021

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Imperfect Union: A Father’s Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg

by Raasch, Chuck

Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You
★★★★★★★★★★

Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

by Burke, John

All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling author John Burke is no excep...More

Publish: November 2015

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Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

by Burke, John

Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World
★★★★★★★★★★

Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World

by Thomas, Evan

Evan Thomas’s startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from n...More

Publish: September 25, 2012

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Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World

by Thomas, Evan

Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
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Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage

by Frank, Jeffrey

A groundbreaking narrative of the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon—from th...More

Publish: February 5, 2013

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Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage

by Frank, Jeffrey

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
★★★★★★★★★★

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

by McNamara, Michelle

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murdere...More

Publish: February 27, 2018

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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

by McNamara, Michelle

Hunter Killer: Inside America’s Unmanned Air War
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Hunter Killer: Inside America’s Unmanned Air War

by McCurley, T Mark, Lt Col

Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), commonly referred to by the media as drones, are a mysterious and h...More

Publish: October 13, 2015

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Hunter Killer: Inside America’s Unmanned Air War

by McCurley, T Mark, Lt Col

Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
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Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

by Bowden, Mark

In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks acros...More

Publish: June 6, 2017

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Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

by Bowden, Mark

How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

by Kennedy, John

How to Test Negative for Stupid offers the Senator’s tongue-in-cheek guidebook through Washington,...More

Publish: October 7, 2025

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How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will

by Kennedy, John

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

by Immerwahr, Daniel

A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its ...More

Publish: February 19, 2019

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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

by Immerwahr, Daniel

House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

by Bellavia, David and Bruning, John R

One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action an...More

Publish: September 4, 2007

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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

by Bellavia, David and Bruning, John R

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
★★★★★★★★★★

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

by Stanton, Doug

From the New York Times bestselling author of In Harm’s Way comes a true-life story of American so...More

Publish: May 5, 2009

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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

by Stanton, Doug

Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion
★★★★★★★★★★

Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion

by McGaugh, Scott

On October 24, 1944, more than 200 American soldiers were surrounded by German infantry deep in the ...More

Publish: October 11, 2016

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Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion

by McGaugh, Scott

Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London
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Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London

by Lehman, Eric D

On September 6, 1781, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold and a force of 1,700 British soldiers and l...More

Publish: January 6, 2015

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Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London

by Lehman, Eric D

History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
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History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

by Meltzer, Brad and Ferrell, Keith

Adapted from Decoded, Meltzer’s hit show on the HISTORY network, History Decoded explores fasc...More

Publish: October 22, 2013

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History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time

by Meltzer, Brad and Ferrell, Keith

Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath
★★★★★★★★★★

Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

by Ham, Paul

The first narrative history of the nuclear attack told from both the Japanese and American viewpoint...More

Publish: August 5, 2014

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Hiroshima Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath

by Ham, Paul

Hidden History of the Florida Keys
★★★★★★★★★★

Hidden History of the Florida Keys

by Albritton, Laura, and Wilkinson, Jerry

The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of historical events, from the dramatic and the outrageous...More

Publish: December 2018

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Hidden History of the Florida Keys

by Albritton, Laura, and Wilkinson, Jerry

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
★★★★★★★★★★

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Shetterly, Margot Lee

Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told ...More

Publish: September 6, 2016

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Shetterly, Margot Lee

Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery
★★★★★★★★★★

Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery

by Swift, Earl

On a Sunday morning in the spring of 1921, a small boy made a grim discovery as he played on a river...More

Publish: April 2, 2024

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Hell Put to Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America’s Second Slavery

by Swift, Earl

Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
★★★★★★★★★★

Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

by Brands, H W

In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment ...More

Publish: November 13, 2018

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Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

by Brands, H W

Heart of Darkness
★★★★★★★★★★

Heart of Darkness

by Conrad, Joseph

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood’s...More

Publish: October 1, 2003

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Heart of Darkness

by Conrad, Joseph

Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan’s Deadly Pech Valley
★★★★★★★★★★

Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan’s Deadly Pech Valley

by Fry, Ronald and Tuleja, Tad

Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, succ...More

Publish: January 19, 2016

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Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan’s Deadly Pech Valley

by Fry, Ronald and Tuleja, Tad

Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue
★★★★★★★★★★

Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Flags of Our Fathers , Halsey’s Typhoon chronicles the e...More

Publish: 2007

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Halsey’s Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy
★★★★★★★★★★

Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy

by O'Neill, Eric

Eric O’Neill was only twenty-six when he was tapped for the case of a lifetime: a one-on-one u...More

Publish: March 26, 2019

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Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy

by O'Neill, Eric

Going Rogue: An American Life
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Going Rogue: An American Life

by Palin, Sarah

Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most be...More

Publish: November 17, 2009

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Going Rogue: An American Life

by Palin, Sarah

Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer
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Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer

by Hatch, Thom

Glorious War, the thrilling and definitive biography of George Armstrong Custer’s Civil War ye...More

Publish: December 10, 2013

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Glorious War: The Civil War Adventures of George Armstrong Custer

by Hatch, Thom

Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America’s Revolution at Sea
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Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America’s Revolution at Sea

by McGrath, Tim

America in 1775 was on the verge of revolution or, more likely, disastrous defeat. After the bloodsh...More

Publish: July 1, 2014

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Give Me a Fast Ship: The Continental Navy and America’s Revolution at Sea

by McGrath, Tim

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

by Carson, Ben

Gifted Hands by and about Ben Carson, M.D., is the inspiring story of an inner-city kid with poor gr...More

Publish: March 27, 2011

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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

by Carson, Ben

Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today
★★★★★★★★★★

Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today

by Tinline, Phil

A compelling work of investigative journalism that explores the surprising origins and hidden ramifi...More

Publish: March 25, 2025

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Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today

by Tinline, Phil

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

by Mitnick, Kevin

If they were a hall of fame or shame for computer hackers, a Kevin Mitnick plaque would be mounted t...More

Publish: August 15, 2011

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker

by Mitnick, Kevin

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

by Leovy, Jill

On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes...More

Publish: January 27, 2015

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Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

by Leovy, Jill

George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
★★★★★★★★★★

George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

by Kilmeade, Brian and Yaeger, Don

As a Long Islander endlessly fascinated by events that happened in a place I call home, I hope with ...More

Publish: November 5, 2013

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George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

by Kilmeade, Brian and Yaeger, Don

George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

by Roll, David L

The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–state...More

Publish: July 9, 2019

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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic

by Roll, David L

Galileo: A Life
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Galileo: A Life

by Reston, James, Jr

An engaging and well-written biography that provides an in-depth look at one of history’s grea...More

Publish: January 20, 2000

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Galileo: A Life

by Reston, James, Jr

Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America
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Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of t...More

Publish: July 12, 2010

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Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Full Dark, No Stars
★★★★★★★★★★

Full Dark, No Stars

by King, Stephen

“I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger…” writes Wilfred Lela...More

Publish: November 2010

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Full Dark, No Stars

by King, Stephen

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

On November 5, 1942, a US cargo plane slammed into the Greenland Ice Cap. Four days later, the B-17 ...More

Publish: Aprill 23, 2013

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Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II
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Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II

by Herman, Arthur

Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States could...More

Publish: May 8, 2012

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Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II

by Herman, Arthur

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
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Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

by Larson, Edward J

Larson’s elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washing...More

Publish: February 11, 2020

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Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

by Larson, Edward J

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
★★★★★★★★★★

Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

by Grisham, John and McCloskey, Jim

In his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man, #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centu...More

Publish: October 15, 2024

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Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions

by Grisham, John and McCloskey, Jim

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
★★★★★★★★★★

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

by Brands, H W

From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shoc...More

Publish: November 7, 2023

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Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics

by Brands, H W

Forgotten Treasure
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Forgotten Treasure

by Warren, Peter F

Once again Peter Warren has combined a mystery from the American Civil War with several modern-day m...More

Publish: September 14, 2021

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Forgotten Treasure

by Warren, Peter F

For Adam’s Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England
★★★★★★★★★★

For Adam’s Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England

by Di Bonaventura, Allegra

In the tradition of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s classic, A Midwife’s Tale, comes this groundbreakin...More

Publish: April 22, 2013

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For Adam’s Sake: A Family Saga in Colonial New England

by Di Bonaventura, Allegra

First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit
★★★★★★★★★★

First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit

by O'Donnell, Patrick K

Beginning in the summer of 1942, an extraordinary group of men—among them a dentist, a Hollywood m...More

Publish: October 28, 2014

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First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America’s Most Elite Unit

by O'Donnell, Patrick K

Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945
★★★★★★★★★★

Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945

by Hansen, Randall

During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, ...More

Publish: July 7, 2009

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Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945

by Hansen, Randall

Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917
★★★★★★★★★★

Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

by Punke, Michael

The worst hard-rock mining disaster in American history began a half hour before midnight on June 8,...More

Publish: August 8, 2006

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Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917

by Punke, Michael

Finders Keepers
★★★★★★★★★★

Finders Keepers

by King, Stephen

The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who h...More

Publish: June 2, 2015

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Finders Keepers

by King, Stephen

Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
★★★★★★★★★★

Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

by Blehm, Eric

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary opera...More

Publish: May 22, 2012

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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown

by Blehm, Eric

Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge
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Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge

by Parker, Danny

On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, more than eighty unarmed United States soldier...More

Publish: November 22, 2011

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Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmédy Massacre at the Battle of the Bulge

by Parker, Danny

Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
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Eva Braun: Life with Hitler

by Görtemaker, Heike B

In this groundbreaking biography of Eva Braun, German historian Heike B. Görtemaker delves into the...More

Publish: October 25, 2011

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Eva Braun: Life with Hitler

by Görtemaker, Heike B

Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew
★★★★★★★★★★

Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew

by Kershaw, Alex

By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang was legendary-she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued ...More

Publish: April 29, 2008

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Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew

by Kershaw, Alex

End of Watch
★★★★★★★★★★

End of Watch

by King, Stephen

The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winne...More

Publish: June 7, 2106

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End of Watch

by King, Stephen

Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark
★★★★★★★★★★

Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark

by Tauranac, John

The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world’s most notable landmarks. Since...More

Publish: April 15, 1997

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Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark

by Tauranac, John

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
★★★★★★★★★★

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by Gwynne, S C

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the fort...More

Publish: May 25, 2010

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by Gwynne, S C

Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC
★★★★★★★★★★

Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC

by Dickey, J D

Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical memorials today, but for decades it was...More

Publish: September 2, 2014

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Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC

by Dickey, J D

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
★★★★★★★★★★

Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

by Levy, Buddy

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came ...More

Publish: December 6, 2022

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Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

by Levy, Buddy

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief
★★★★★★★★★★

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

by McPherson, James M

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jef...More

Publish: October 7, 2014

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Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

by McPherson, James M

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

by Croke, Vicki Constantine

Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a “f...More

Publish: July 15, 2014

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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

by Croke, Vicki Constantine

Eisenhower’s Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Eisenhower’s Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II

by Barr, Niall

The Anglo-American relationship from 1941-1945 proved to be the most effective military alliance in ...More

Publish: December 7, 2015

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Eisenhower’s Armies: The American-British Alliance during World War II

by Barr, Niall

Einstein: His Life and Universe
★★★★★★★★★★

Einstein: His Life and Universe

by Isaacson, Walter

By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Alb...More

Publish: April 10, 2007

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

by Isaacson, Walter

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
★★★★★★★★★★

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

by Gates, Robert M

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience...More

Publish: January 14, 2014

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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

by Gates, Robert M

Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory
★★★★★★★★★★

Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory

by Thompson, Major General

An account of the British Expeditionary Force’s brave stand against the German army and dramat...More

Publish: May 1, 2009

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Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory

by Thompson, Major General

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery
★★★★★★★★★★

Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery

by Collins, Paul

Duel with the Devil is acclaimed historian Paul Collins’ remarkable true account of a stunning t...More

Publish: June 4, 2013

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Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America’s First Sensational Murder Mystery

by Collins, Paul

Drying Up: The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida
★★★★★★★★★★

Drying Up: The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida

by Dunn, John M

America’s wettest state is running out of water. Florida–with its swamps, lakes, extensi...More

Publish: March 12, 2019

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Drying Up: The Fresh Water Crisis in Florida

by Dunn, John M

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
★★★★★★★★★★

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Pink, Daniel H

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick ...More

Publish: December 29, 2009

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Pink, Daniel H

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
★★★★★★★★★★

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

by Macintyre, Ben

On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishing...More

Publish: July 31. 2012

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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

by Macintyre, Ben

Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring
★★★★★★★★★★

Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring

by Duffy, Peter

The never-before-told tale of the German-American who spearheaded a covert mission to infiltrate New...More

Publish: July 22, 2014

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Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring

by Duffy, Peter

Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
★★★★★★★★★★

Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command

by Vincent, Lynn and Hill, Roger (Captain)

The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system tha...More

Publish: April 11, 2017

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Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command

by Vincent, Lynn and Hill, Roger (Captain)

Doctor Sleep
★★★★★★★★★★

Doctor Sleep

by King, Stephen

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shi...More

Publish: September 24, 2013

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Doctor Sleep

by King, Stephen

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

by Makos, Adam

Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviator duo: Lieutenant Tom ...More

Publish: December 2015

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Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice

by Makos, Adam

Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
★★★★★★★★★★

Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three

by Leveritt, Mara

In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Da...More

Publish: October 8, 2002

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Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three

by Leveritt, Mara

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
★★★★★★★★★★

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

by King, Gilbert

Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the v...More

Publish: March 6, 2012

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Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

by King, Gilbert

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
★★★★★★★★★★

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

by Millard, Candice

James A. Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject pov...More

Publish: September 20, 2011

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

by Millard, Candice

Desperate Sons: The Secret Band of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War
★★★★★★★★★★

Desperate Sons: The Secret Band of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War

by Standiford, Les

Les Standiford’s Last Train to Paradise, the fascinating true account of the building of a railroa...More

Publish: November 6, 2012

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Desperate Sons: The Secret Band of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War

by Standiford, Les

Desmond Doss Conscientious Objector: The Story of an Unlikely Hero
★★★★★★★★★★

Desmond Doss Conscientious Objector: The Story of an Unlikely Hero

by Doss, Frances M

Infantry men who once ridiculed and scoffed at Desmond’s simple faith and refusal to carry a w...More

Publish: September 22, 2015

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Desmond Doss Conscientious Objector: The Story of an Unlikely Hero

by Doss, Frances M

Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom
★★★★★★★★★★

Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

by Rice, Condoleezza

From the former Secretary of State and bestselling author — a sweeping look at the global stru...More

Publish: May 9, 2017

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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

by Rice, Condoleezza

Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned
★★★★★★★★★★

Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned

by Townley, Alvin

During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners-of-war faced years of brutal conditions and h...More

Publish: February 4, 2014

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Defiant: The POWs Who Endured Vietnam’s Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned

by Townley, Alvin

Decision Points
★★★★★★★★★★

Decision Points

by Bush, George W

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that ...More

Publish: November 9, 2010

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Decision Points

by Bush, George W

Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris
★★★★★★★★★★

Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris

by King, David

Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his o...More

Publish: September 20, 2011

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Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris

by King, David

Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
★★★★★★★★★★

Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

by Prince, Cathryn J

The worst maritime disaster ever occurred during World War II, when more than 9,000 German civilians...More

Publish: April 9, 2013

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Death in the Baltic: The World War II Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

by Prince, Cathryn J

Dear Mom: A Sniper’s Vietnam
★★★★★★★★★★

Dear Mom: A Sniper’s Vietnam

by Ward, Joseph T

In Vietnam’s jungle war, only one group of men was feared more than death itself—the Marine ...More

Publish: January 1, 1991

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Dear Mom: A Sniper’s Vietnam

by Ward, Joseph T

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
★★★★★★★★★★

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Larson, Erik

On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of N...More

Publish: March 3, 2015

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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

by Larson, Erik

Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation’s Leaders
★★★★★★★★★★

Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation’s Leaders

by Carlson, Brady

An entertaining exploration into the death stories of our nation’s greatest leaders—and the wild...More

Publish: February 1, 2016

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Dead Presidents: An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation’s Leaders

by Carlson, Brady

Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
★★★★★★★★★★

Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy

by Campbell, Matthew and Chellel, Kit

From award-winning journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, the gripping, true-crime story of a...More

Publish: May 3, 2022

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Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy

by Campbell, Matthew and Chellel, Kit

Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor
★★★★★★★★★★

Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor

by Harding, Stephen

On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier–launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small ...More

Publish: November 22, 2016

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Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor

by Harding, Stephen

Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
★★★★★★★★★★

Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

by Maurer, Kevin

From Kevin Maurer—the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day—comes...More

Publish: April 19, 2022

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Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History

by Maurer, Kevin

D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II

by Ambrose, Stephen E

On the basis of 1,400 oral histories from the men who were there, Eisenhower biographer and World Wa...More

Publish: June 6, 1994

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D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II

by Ambrose, Stephen E

Cuba: An American History
★★★★★★★★★★

Cuba: An American History

by Ferrer, Ada

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, wh...More

Publish: September 7, 2021

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Cuba: An American History

by Ferrer, Ada

Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate
★★★★★★★★★★

Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate

by Byrne, Gary J

Former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne exposes the truth behind Hillary, Bill, and their public fa...More

Publish: June 28, 2016

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Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate

by Byrne, Gary J

Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama
★★★★★★★★★★

Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama

by Limbaugh, David

As Americans, liberty is an inalienable right that is granted to us by God, protected by the Constit...More

Publish: August 23, 2010

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Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama

by Limbaugh, David

Craft: An American History
★★★★★★★★★★

Craft: An American History

by Adamson, Glenn

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation&#...More

Publish: January 19, 2021

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Craft: An American History

by Adamson, Glenn

Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

by Wallace, Chris and Weiss, Mitch

On August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. Dur...More

Publish: September 7, 2021

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Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

by Wallace, Chris and Weiss, Mitch

Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
★★★★★★★★★★

Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

by Wallace, Chris and Weiss, Mitch

April 12, 1945: After years of bloody conflict in Europe and the Pacific, America is stunned by news...More

Publish: June 9, 2020

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Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World

by Wallace, Chris and Weiss, Mitch

Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst
★★★★★★★★★★

Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst

by O'Reilly, Bill and Hammer, Josh

The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clea...More

Publish: September 9, 2025

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Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst

by O'Reilly, Bill and Hammer, Josh

Confederate Gold and Silver: A story of the lost Confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver
★★★★★★★★★★

Confederate Gold and Silver: A story of the lost Confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver

by Warren, Peter F

“This historical mystery contains two stories which gradually merge into one. One occurs durin...More

Publish: July 17, 2012

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Confederate Gold and Silver: A story of the lost Confederate treasury and its missing gold and silver

by Warren, Peter F

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
★★★★★★★★★★

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

by Nez, Chester

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII-includes the actual Nav...More

Publish: September 6, 2011

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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

by Nez, Chester

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
★★★★★★★★★★

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

by Kara, Siddharth

An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining oper...More

Publish: January 31, 2023

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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

by Kara, Siddharth

City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
★★★★★★★★★★

City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

by Krist, Gary

The masterfully told story of twelve volatile days in the life of Chicago, when an aviation disaster...More

Publish: April 17, 2012

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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

by Krist, Gary

Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
★★★★★★★★★★

Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes

by de Waal, Frans

Frans de Waal’s Chimpanzee Politics was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientifi...More

Publish: April 10, 2000

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Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes

by de Waal, Frans

Chickenhawk
★★★★★★★★★★

Chickenhawk

by Mason, Robert

A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma o...More

Publish: March 29, 2005

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Chickenhawk

by Mason, Robert

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
★★★★★★★★★★

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island

by Swift, Earl

A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle...More

Publish: August 7, 2018

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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island

by Swift, Earl

Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age
★★★★★★★★★★

Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age

by Stone, Robert and Andres, Alan

A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly e...More

Publish: June 4, 2019

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Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America Into the Space Age

by Stone, Robert and Andres, Alan

Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe’s Bullion
★★★★★★★★★★

Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe’s Bullion

by Taber, George M

For the entire history of human civilization, gold has enraptured people around the globe. The Nazis...More

Publish: December 14, 2014

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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe’s Bullion

by Taber, George M

Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times
★★★★★★★★★★

Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times

by Crile, George

Charlie Wilson’s War was a publishing sensation and a New York Times, Washington Post, and Los...More

Publish: April 16, 2003

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Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of our Times

by Crile, George

Cell
★★★★★★★★★★

Cell

by King, Stephen

There is a reason cell rhymes with hell. On October 1, God is in His heaven, the stock market stands...More

Publish: January 24, 2006

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Cell

by King, Stephen

Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail
★★★★★★★★★★

Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

by Newman, Rick and Shepperd, Don

They had the most dangerous job n the Air Force. Now Bury Us Upside Down reveals the never-before-to...More

Publish: December 18, 2007

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Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

by Newman, Rick and Shepperd, Don

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
★★★★★★★★★★

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

by Brown, Dee

Now a special 30th-anniversary edition in both hardcover and paperback, the classic bestselling hist...More

Publish: May 15, 2007

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

by Brown, Dee

Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents b...More

Publish: April 28, 2013

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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War
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Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

by Maharidge, Dale

Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign h...More

Publish: March 12, 2013

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Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

by Maharidge, Dale

Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
★★★★★★★★★★

Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

Set against the backdrop of an expanding nation, Brilliant Beacons traces the evolution of America&#...More

Publish: April 18, 2016

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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War
★★★★★★★★★★

Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

by Whittell, Giles

Who were the three men the American and Soviet superpowers exchanged at Berlin’s Glienicke Bri...More

Publish: November 9, 2010

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Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War

by Whittell, Giles

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water
★★★★★★★★★★

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Peter Gleick knows water. A world-renowned scientist and freshwater expert, Gleick is a MacArthur Fo...More

Publish: April 20, 2010

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Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam
★★★★★★★★★★

Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam

by Partridge, Elizabeth

In over a decade of bitter fighting, it claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers and ...More

Publish: April 10, 2018

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Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam

by Partridge, Elizabeth

Blood Orange
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Blood Orange

by Tyce, Harriet

Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise – she’s...More

Publish: February 19, 2019

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Blood Orange

by Tyce, Harriet

Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier
★★★★★★★★★★

Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America&#82...More

Publish: April 20, 2021

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Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier

by Drury, Bob & Clavin, Tom

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
★★★★★★★★★★

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

by Sides, Hampton

A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won – a Sweeping Tale of Shame and Glory In t...More

Publish: October 3, 2006

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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

by Sides, Hampton

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
★★★★★★★★★★

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

by Scahill, Jeremy

On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, leaving seventeen ...More

Publish: March 8, 2007

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Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

by Scahill, Jeremy

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior
★★★★★★★★★★

Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

by Prado, Ric

A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into ...More

Publish: March 1, 2022

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Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

by Prado, Ric

Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil’s Deal
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Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil’s Deal

by Lehr, Dick

James “Whitey” Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because o...More

Publish: August 4, 2015

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Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil’s Deal

by Lehr, Dick

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

by Warrick, Joby

When he succeeded his father in 1999, King Abdullah of Jordan released a batch of political prisoner...More

Publish: September 29, 2015

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Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

by Warrick, Joby

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates
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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic an...More

Publish: September 18, 2018

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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates

by Dolin, Eric Jay

Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World–Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It
★★★★★★★★★★

Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World–Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It

by Alibek, Ken and Handelman, Stephen

In this fast-paced memoir, Ken Alibek combines cutting-edge science with the narrative techniques of...More

Publish: April 20, 1999

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Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World–Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It

by Alibek, Ken and Handelman, Stephen

Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Civil War
★★★★★★★★★★

Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Civil War

by Fisher, David

The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical d...More

Publish: June 6, 2017

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Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Civil War

by Fisher, David

Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father
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Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father

by Kidd, Thomas S

Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on relig...More

Publish: May 23, 2017

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Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father

by Kidd, Thomas S

Benedict Arnold’s Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain But Won the American Revolution
★★★★★★★★★★

Benedict Arnold’s Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain But Won the American Revolution

by Nelson, James L

In October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold’s treasonous attempt to hand control of the...More

Publish: May 1, 2006

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Benedict Arnold’s Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain But Won the American Revolution

by Nelson, James L

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
★★★★★★★★★★

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

by Reit, Seymour

In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunte...More

Publish: April 1, 1988

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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

by Reit, Seymour

Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence
★★★★★★★★★★

Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence

by Kelly, Jack

Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War....More

Publish: September 9, 2014

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Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence

by Kelly, Jack

Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama
★★★★★★★★★★

Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama

by Feinman, Ronald L

Throughout American history, Presidents and Presidential candidates have faced countless assassinati...More

Publish: April 15, 2015

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Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama

by Feinman, Ronald L

As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp
★★★★★★★★★★

As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp

by Moore, Stephen L

The heroic story of eleven American POWs who defied certain death in World War II—As Good as Dead ...More

Publish: November 22, 2016

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As Good As Dead: The Daring Escape of American POWs From a Japanese Death Camp

by Moore, Stephen L

Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
★★★★★★★★★★

Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

by Mendez, Antonio

On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held dozens of Ame...More

Publish: September 13, 2012

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Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

by Mendez, Antonio

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

by Jacobsen, Annie

It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn’t exist. Located a mere sev...More

Publish: May 17, 2011

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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base

by Jacobsen, Annie

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
★★★★★★★★★★

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Shellenberger, Michael

Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world...More

Publish: June 23, 2020

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Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Shellenberger, Michael

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
★★★★★★★★★★

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

by Brands, H W

An orphan at a young age and without formal education or the family lineage of the Founding Fathers,...More

Publish: October 4, 2005

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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

by Brands, H W

Andrew Jackson: A Biography (Great Generals)
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Andrew Jackson: A Biography (Great Generals)

by Remini, Robert V

The newest addition to Palgrave’s Great Generals series focuses on Andrew Jackson’s care...More

Publish: September 2, 2008

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Andrew Jackson: A Biography (Great Generals)

by Remini, Robert V

Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business
★★★★★★★★★★

Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business

by Livesay, Harold C

This best-selling biography offers readers a lively and compelling portrait of one of the 20th centu...More

Publish: January 1, 1975

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Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business

by Livesay, Harold C

And the Sea Will Tell
★★★★★★★★★★

And the Sea Will Tell

by Bugliosi, Vincent

Alone with her new husband on a tiny Pacific atoll, a young woman, combing the beach, finds an odd a...More

Publish: 1991

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And the Sea Will Tell

by Bugliosi, Vincent

And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway Breaking the Secrets
★★★★★★★★★★

And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway Breaking the Secrets

by Layton, Edwin T and Pineau, Roger

The former Pacific Fleet intelligence officer recounts the deciphering of Japanese codes before Pear...More

Publish: January 1, 1985

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And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway Breaking the Secrets

by Layton, Edwin T and Pineau, Roger

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
★★★★★★★★★★

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Atkinson, Rick

The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring t...More

Publish: October 2, 2002

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An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Atkinson, Rick

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
★★★★★★★★★★

American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

by Kyle, Chris

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States ...More

Publish: January 3, 2012

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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

by Kyle, Chris

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
★★★★★★★★★★

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution

by Ekirch, A Roger

From “one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative historians in America today; there is no on...More

Publish: February 21, 2017

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American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution

by Ekirch, A Roger

American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent
★★★★★★★★★★

American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent

by Elnoury, Tamer and Maurer, Kevin

It’s no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for th...More

Publish: October 23, 2017

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American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent

by Elnoury, Tamer and Maurer, Kevin

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World’s Deadliest Special Operations Force
★★★★★★★★★★

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World’s Deadliest Special Operations Force

by Schilling, Dan and Longfritz, Lori Chapman

The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Op...More

Publish: June 25, 2019

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Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World’s Deadliest Special Operations Force

by Schilling, Dan and Longfritz, Lori Chapman

All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade, and the Hunt for His Killer
★★★★★★★★★★

All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade, and the Hunt for His Killer

by Castner, Brian

The search for a friend’s killer is a riveting lesson in the way war has changed. The EOD—explos...More

Publish: March 1, 2016

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All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade, and the Hunt for His Killer

by Castner, Brian

Alexander Hamilton
★★★★★★★★★★

Alexander Hamilton

by Chernow, Ron

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the F...More

Publish: April 26, 2004

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Alexander Hamilton

by Chernow, Ron

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
★★★★★★★★★★

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

by Macintyre, Ben

Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most rem...More

Publish: September 7, 2004

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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

by Macintyre, Ben

Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

by Kershaw, Alex

The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorat...More

Publish: March 22, 2022

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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

by Kershaw, Alex

Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail
★★★★★★★★★★

Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail

by McCartney, Laton

Resurrecting a pivotal moment in American history, “Across the Great Divide” tells the t...More

Publish: August 26, 2003

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Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail

by McCartney, Laton

Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
★★★★★★★★★★

Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

by Cohen, Jared

Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another ...More

Publish: April 9, 2019

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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

by Cohen, Jared

Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate
★★★★★★★★★★

Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate

by Albracht, William and Wolf Marvin J

In October 1969, William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a re...More

Publish: February 3, 2015

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Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam’s Firebase Kate

by Albracht, William and Wolf Marvin J

A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
★★★★★★★★★★

A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

by Matteson, John

December 1862 drove the United States toward a breaking point. The Battle of Fredericksburg shattere...More

Publish: April 19, 2022

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A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation

by Matteson, John

A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico
★★★★★★★★★★

A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

by Greenberg, Amy S

Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring b...More

Publish: November 6, 2012

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A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

by Greenberg, Amy S

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
★★★★★★★★★★

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

by Pink, Daniel H

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, ...More

Publish: March 7, 2006

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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

by Pink, Daniel H

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
★★★★★★★★★★

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Fedarko, Kevin

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile...More

Publish: May 28, 2024

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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Fedarko, Kevin

A People’s History of the United States
★★★★★★★★★★

A People’s History of the United States

by Zinn, Howard

In the book, Zinn presented a different side of history from the more traditional “fundamental...More

Publish: August 2, 2005

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A People’s History of the United States

by Zinn, Howard

A Night of Long Knives
★★★★★★★★★★

A Night of Long Knives

by Cantrell, Rebecca

Journalist Hannah Vogel has vowed to never again set foot in her homeland of Germany while the Nazis...More

Publish: July 14, 2010

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A Night of Long Knives

by Cantrell, Rebecca

A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII
★★★★★★★★★★

A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII

by Helm, Sarah

Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climb...More

Publish: August 22, 2006

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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII

by Helm, Sarah

A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever
★★★★★★★★★★

A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

by Kim Mager and Lisa Pulitzer

In this fascinating & profoundly chilling account, Detective Kim Mager , a real-life version of ...More

Publish: July 23, 2024

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A Hunger to Kill: A Serial Killer, a Determined Detective, and the Quest for a Confession That Changed a Small Town Forever

by Kim Mager and Lisa Pulitzer

A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68
★★★★★★★★★★

A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68

by Birdwell, Dwight W & Nolan, Keith William

Dwight Birdwell’s coming of age took place, as it did for many young men of the sixties, in Vi...More

Publish: June 1, 1997

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A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68

by Birdwell, Dwight W & Nolan, Keith William

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
★★★★★★★★★★

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

by Gibbins, David

From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human h...More

Publish: April 2, 2024

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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

by Gibbins, David

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

by Makos, Adam & Alexander, Larry

Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Ge...More

Publish: December 2012

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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

by Makos, Adam & Alexander, Larry

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

by Jackson, Joe

In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick’s bestselling In the Heart of the Sea, Joe Jackson&#82...More

Publish: December 2003

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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors

by Jackson, Joe

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes
★★★★★★★★★★

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes

by Dolin, Eric Jay

With A Furious Sky, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin tells the history of America itself through i...More

Publish: August 4, 2020

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A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes

by Dolin, Eric Jay

A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
★★★★★★★★★★

A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

One of 2014’s most original and masterfully reported books, A Deadly Wandering by Pulitzer Pri...More

Publish: September 23, 2014

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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention

A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II
★★★★★★★★★★

A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II

by Jaffe, Eric

In the wake of World War II the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with crimes against ...More

Publish: January 14, 2014

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A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II

by Jaffe, Eric

81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness
★★★★★★★★★★

81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness

“A riveting…saga of survival against formidable odds” (Washington Post) about one ...More

Publish: June 2, 2015

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81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska’s Frozen Wilderness

500 Days: Decisions and Deceptions in the Shadow of 9/11
★★★★★★★★★★

500 Days: Decisions and Deceptions in the Shadow of 9/11

by Eichenwald, Kurt

Kurt Eichenwald–“New York Times” bestselling author of “Conspiracy of Fools ...More

Publish: September 4, 2012

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500 Days: Decisions and Deceptions in the Shadow of 9/11

by Eichenwald, Kurt

1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War
★★★★★★★★★★

1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War

by Tonsetic, Robert L

The Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the American Revolutionary War, but it was the pivotal ca...More

Publish: September 2011

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1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War

by Tonsetic, Robert L

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
★★★★★★★★★★

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Mann, Charles C

In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters o...More

Publish: October 10, 2006

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Mann, Charles C

13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

13 Hours presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, w...More

Publish: September 30, 2014

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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi

by Zuckoff, Mitchell

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

by Cline, Erich

In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the Sea Peoples invaded Egypt. The pharaoh’s army...More

Publish: March 23, 2014

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

by Cline, Erich

11/22/1963
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11/22/1963

by King, Stephen

Receiving a horrific essay from a GED student with a traumatic past, high-school English teacher Jak...More

Publish: July 24, 2012

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11/22/1963

by King, Stephen

109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

by Conant, Jennet

In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited ...More

Publish: May 8, 2006

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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos

by Conant, Jennet

“The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour.
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“The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour.

by Wittenberg, Eric J

Although many books on Gettysburg have addressed the role played by Brig. Gen. John Buford and his F...More

Publish: October 19, 2014

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“The Devil’s to Pay”: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour.

by Wittenberg, Eric J

¡Adios, America!: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole
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¡Adios, America!: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole

by Coulter, Ann

Ann Coulter is back, more fearless than ever. In Adios, America she touches the third rail in Americ...More

Publish: June 1, 2015

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¡Adios, America!: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole

by Coulter, Ann


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